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Article: Wheeling significantly younger than neighbors.(Neighbor)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- May 24, 2001
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Byline: Fred Woodhams Daily Herald Staff Writer
As any official in Wheeling school districts knows, the village has experienced large growth in the number of children in the village.
In the 2000 census, the village's median age stands at somewhat less than its neighbors - 34.5 years old.
The statistic means an equal number of people are older and younger than that age.
Buffalo Grove's median age is 37.4, Arlington Heights' 39.7, Northbrook's 44.1, Long Grove's 40.6 and Mount Prospect 37.2. Prospect Heights is the only near-by community with a median age - 34.6 - close to Wheeling's.
Throughout Wheeling Township, the median age ...